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Lectures upon the three first chapters of the RevelationLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation
Lectures upon the three first chapters of the Revelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefit of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Divinity. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councillor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwick: in which is proved that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallenLectures vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation: preached in Cambridge anno Dom. 1595. by Master William Perkins, and now published for the benefite of this Church, by Robert Hill Bachelor in Diuinitie. To which is added an excellent sermon, penned at the request of that noble and wise councellor, Ambrose, Earle of Warwicke: in which is proued that Rome is Babylon, and that Babylon is fallen
London: printed by Richard Field for Cuthbert Burbie, 1604
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This then should make us with full purpose of heart to cleave to Christ,1 if we would enjoy eternal happiness: for without him, and unless we have it from him, we cannot but come to an end.
This then shold make vs with full purpose of heart to cleaue to Christ,1 if we would enioy eternall happinesse: for without him, and vnlesse we haue it from him, we cannot but come to an end.
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Secondly, he is the end, because all things were made to serve him. Coloss. 1. 16. For him were all things created.
Secondly, he is the end, because all things were made to serue him. Coloss. 1. 16. For him were all things created.
Which is, 1was, and is to come. These words were expounded in the fourth verse, where the very same are affirmed of the Father. The sense is, that Christ is a substance and essence, or being, subsisting in, by, and from himself, and such a substance shall be for ever.